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subject	book bibliographic info
fornication	Binder (2012) 80, 81, 82, 86, 87, 130, 134 Despotis and Lohr (2022) 95 Grypeou and Spurling (2009) 219 Monnickendam (2020) 92, 94, 96, 97, 115, 122, 133, 140, 141, 162 Rosen-Zvi (2012) 180 Schiffman (1983) 93 deSilva (2022) 249, 250, 252, 253
fornication, adultery, vs.	Monnickendam (2020) 161, 198
fornication, before betrothal	Monnickendam (2020) 191
fornication, biblical law	Monnickendam (2020) 76
fornication, biological	Monnickendam (2020) 69
fornication, bishop	Monnickendam (2020) 96
fornication, by ones betrothed	Monnickendam (2020) 91, 122
fornication, concealment	Monnickendam (2020) 192, 193
fornication, death penalty	Monnickendam (2020) 97, 122, 176, 193
fornication, defilement	Monnickendam (2020) 167, 178
fornication, defilement of name	Monnickendam (2020) 82
fornication, divorce	Monnickendam (2020) 166, 185, 193, 198
fornication, during betrothal	Monnickendam (2020) 32, 54, 76, 82, 100, 148, 155, 160, 164, 165, 171, 178, 180, 183, 185, 191, 193
fornication, during widowhood	Monnickendam (2020) 112
fornication, falsely accused wife	Monnickendam (2020) 160
fornication, from, betrothal	Monnickendam (2020) 143, 148, 171, 172
fornication, get	Monnickendam (2020) 140, 141, 145
fornication, in rabbinic literature	Monnickendam (2020) 32, 151, 180, 183
fornication, instruction/teaching, on separation from	Stuckenbruck (2007) 98
fornication, israel against god	Monnickendam (2020) 155
fornication, justifications for	Monnickendam (2020) 113
fornication, law	Monnickendam (2020) 31, 180
fornication, marriage, as	Beatrice (2013) 194
fornication, mary, mother of jesus	Monnickendam (2020) 155, 177, 186, 189
fornication, nonbiological	Monnickendam (2020) 69, 70
fornication, patrilineal	Monnickendam (2020) 69, 76, 78
fornication, priests daughter	Monnickendam (2020) 82, 176, 178
fornication, punishment	Monnickendam (2020) 162, 177, 181
fornication, reader	Monnickendam (2020) 95
fornication, through adoption	Monnickendam (2020) 75
fornication, vs. adultery	Monnickendam (2020) 161, 198

List of validated texts:

5 validated results for "fornication"

1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 9.6 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Adultery/fornication • Instruction/Teaching, On Separation from Fornication

Found in books: Ruzer (2020) 110; Stuckenbruck (2007) 98

9.6. שֹׁפֵךְ דַּם הָאָדָם בָּאָדָם דָּמוֹ יִשָּׁפֵךְ כִּי בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה אֶת־הָאָדָם׃''. None

9.6. Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.''. None

2. Mishnah, Sotah, 5.1 (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • fornication • fornication, during betrothal • fornication,from betrothal

Found in books: Monnickendam (2020) 171; Rosen-Zvi (2012) 180

5.1. כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהַמַּיִם בּוֹדְקִין אוֹתָהּ, כָּךְ הַמַּיִם בּוֹדְקִין אוֹתוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר ה) וּבָאוּ, וּבָאוּ. כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאֲסוּרָה לַבַּעַל, כָּךְ אֲסוּרָה לַבּוֹעֵל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שם) נִטְמְאָה, וְנִטְמָאָה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, כָּךְ הָיָה דוֹרֵשׁ זְכַרְיָה בֶן הַקַּצָּב. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר, שְׁנֵי פְעָמִים הָאֲמוּרִים בַּפָּרָשָׁה אִם נִטְמְאָה נִטְמָאָה, אֶחָד לַבַּעַל וְאֶחָד לַבּוֹעֵל:''. None

5.1. Just as the water checks her so the water checks him, as it is said, “And shall enter”, “And shall enter” (Numbers 5:22,. Just as she is prohibited to the husband so is she prohibited to the lover, as it is said, “defiled … and is defiled” (Numbers 5:27,, the words of Rabbi Akiba. Rabbi Joshua said: thus Zechariah ben Hakatzav used to expound. Rabbi says: twice in the portion, “If she is defiled…defiled”--one referring to her being prohibited to the husband and the other to the paramour.''. None

3. New Testament, Colossians, 3.5, 3.8 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • fornication • porneia,

Found in books: Huttner (2013) 132; deSilva (2022) 249

3.5. Νεκρώσατε οὖν τὰ μέλη τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, πορνείαν, ἀκαθαρσίαν, πάθος, ἐπιθυμίαν κακήν, καὶ τὴν πλεονεξίαν ἥτις ἐστὶν εἰδωλολατρία,
3.8. νυνὶ δὲ ἀπόθεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς τὰ πάντα, ὀργήν, θυμόν, κακίαν, βλασφημίαν, αἰσχρολογίαν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν·''. None

3.5. Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
3.8. but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth. ''. None

4. New Testament, Galatians, 5.19 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • fornication • porneia,

Found in books: Huttner (2013) 132; deSilva (2022) 253

5.19. φανερὰ δέ ἐστιν τὰ ἔργα τῆς σαρκός, ἅτινά ἐστιν πορνεία, ἀκαθαρσία, ἀσέλγεια,''. None

5.19. Now the works of the fleshare obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness,lustfulness, ''. None

5. New Testament, Matthew, 5.31-5.32, 19.3-19.9 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Adultery/fornication • divorce, fornication • fornication, defilement • porneia

Found in books: Huebner and Laes (2019) 193, 198; Monnickendam (2020) 166, 167; Ruzer (2020) 110

5.31. Ἐρρέθη δέ Ὃς ἂν ἀπολύσῃ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, δότω αὐτῇ ἀποστάσιον. 5.32. Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ἀπολύων τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας ποιεῖ αὐτὴν μοιχευθῆναι, καὶ ὃς ἐὰν ἀπολελυμένην γαμήσῃ μοιχᾶται.
19.3. Καὶ προσῆλθαν αὐτῷ Φαρισαῖοι πειράζοντες αὐτὸν καὶ λέγοντες Εἰ ἔξεστιν ἀπολῦσαι τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ κατὰ πᾶσαν αἰτίαν; 19.4. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ὅτι ὁ κτίσας ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς 19.5. καὶ εἶπεν Ἕνεκα τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ κολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν; 19.6. ὥστε οὐκέτι εἰσὶν δύο ἀλλὰ σὰρξ μία· ὃ οὖν ὁ θεὸς συνέζευξεν ἄνθρωπος μὴ χωριζέτω. 19.7. λέγουσιν αὐτῷ Τί οὖν Μωυσῆς ἐνετείλατο δοῦναι βιβλίον ἀποστασίου καὶ ἀπολῦσαι ; 19.8. λέγει αὐτοῖς ὅτι Μωυσῆς πρὸς τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν ἐπέτρεψεν ὑμῖν ἀπολῦσαι τὰς γυναῖκας ὑμῶν, ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς δὲ οὐ γέγονεν οὕτως. 19.9. λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ὅτι ὃς ἂν ἀπολύσῃ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ μὴ ἐπὶ πορνείᾳ καὶ γαμήσῃ ἄλλην μοιχᾶται.''. None

5.31. "It was also said, \'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,\ '5.32. but I tell you that whoever who puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
19.3. Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?" 19.4. He answered, "Haven\'t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, ' "19.5. and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?' " '19.6. So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don\'t let man tear apart." 19.7. They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?" 19.8. He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. 19.9. I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."''. None

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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